Black Hill
On the morning of 03 December 1854 the government forces crossed Yarrowee Creek at Black Hill. The exact point is unknown due to mining activity of the years. From the top of Black Hill tot eh north one of the diggers on duty saw the Military and Police and fired a single warning shot to the diggers. It was heard in the Eureka Stockade but they waited for a second confirming shot that was never fired. ref>The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.</ref>
In a letter written by Dr George Wakefield to his father dated 01 May 1856 he described:
- I am living at the foot of an immense mountain called the Black Hill which is composed of quartz reefs containing immense quantities of gold. It seems to be the origin of the gold leads in this district as they commence from it. The amount of gold taken by some parties is scarcely credible .... The population too would astonish a few, here we have representatives of all the nations of the face of the globe not the least wonderful of which is the aboriginal nation. I have frequently been present at their corroborees, and their skill in throwing the spear, boomerang etc., is wonderful. I saw the boomerang thrown yesterday. It went completely out of sight & in about 6 (seconds) descended at the feet of the thrower ... (Bowden 1977: 92) [1]
Rreferences
- ↑ Clark, Ian D., Another Side of Eureka - the Aboriginal presence on the Ballarat goldfields in 1854- Were Aboriginal people involved in the Eureka rebellion?, University of Ballarat, 2007.
